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February 02 , 2021 The heavy and unseasonal rainfall in much of Chile over the weekend has caused an unprecedented disaster for the fruit industry, according to the chief of the Federation of Fruit Producers (Fedefruta). Jorge Valenzuela said the torrential rain, landslides and hail that hit central and southern growing regions in the middle of the summer harvest season, with table grapes the hardest-hit crop. "These rains were a climatic phenomenon out of proportions, a catastrophe that the fruit sector had not seen before," Valenzuela told Agriculture Minister María Emilia Undurraga on Mo...

Start of rebranding Moldovan fruit products The first batch of apples was exported from Moldova in standardized cardboard boxes last week. On the boxes was the logo and slogan of the updated trademark for fruit products that read: “ Moldova – un gust deosebit” (‘Moldova – taste makes the difference’). The trademark has been in use since 2014 by members of the Fruit Producers and Exporters Association of Moldova, also known as Moldova Fruct. In 2020, with the support of USAID’s Efficient Agriculture of Moldova (APM) project, the organization was rebranded, including the redesign ...

“After a few cold days in the cherry market, sales have now started moving” Without any doubt, the main issue of these days has been the rumor circulating in China related to Covid-19 presence on Chilean cherries. Major fruit wholesale markets have experienced a few days of almost “zero movement”, and only on 26 January did the markets finally start to move. The price is showing an upward trend, and although the price is still very low, it is rising day by day. Last week, the inner packaging of a batch of imported cherries was found to be COVID-19 positive in Wuxi. A total of 199 sam...

Cherry sales in China show slight improvements, but market remains tough January 28 , 2021 Chilean fruit unions have released a joint statement regarding the current situation that is affecting cherry marketing in China as well as paralyzing exports. The statement expresses how although the situation remains complex, there has been a slight improvement in the recovery of sales, however not for price levels. The press release comes amid reports that fruit packaging for imported cherries contained positive Covid-19 samples. Retail sales fell by 63 percent last week albeit there has not been an...

United states, our market's gonna go down. >> dana: it's one thing the market is about for farm goods exported to china, $20 billion every year. pork is about $1.1 billion. out of $115 billion of goods that we export over there. so it's relatively speaking, it might be small. but if you're a farmer and you operate on small margins and you loved the tax cuts that you got earlier this year, you do run the risk of it basically being wiped out by this. >> no question. that pork tparbger just denoted, they have no else to go with their pork if they can't export it to china. the chinese, however, if...